Product category:
Design and Development Software
News Release from: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS | Subject: SDK for Communication Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 February 2008
Kit unites next-generation comms
software
The Fraunhofer SDK for Communication Systems guarantees high-quality video and audio communication even over low-bandwidth connections.
Launched this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Fraunhofer Software Development Kit (SDK) for Communication Systems combines a range of technologies designed to improve sound quality in next-generation devices Manufacturers of Internet telephony and conferencing systems can use this complete solution to distinctly improve the sound quality of their communications applications, making poor audio clarity a thing of the past
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Audio codecs simplify multimedia SoC design
The new MIPS Consumer Audio Platform provides easy access to a range of audio codecs developed by Fraunhofer IIS for implementation in multimedia system-on-chip applications.
Update for surround-sound software
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and Thomson have added two new elements to their MP3 Surround demo software.
The Fraunhofer SDK for Communication Systems guarantees high-quality video and audio communication even over low-bandwidth connections.
A number of synchronised components guarantee undisturbed conversations and outstanding sound characteristics: The new MPEG standard Enhanced Low Delay AAC features low bitrate and low-delay hi-fi sound quality.
Harald Popp, Head of the Multimedia Real-Time Systems Department at Fraunhofer IIS says: "Enhanced Low Delay AAC offers a much better sound quality than all comparable formats on the market".
"Finally, voices of the persons you are talking to on the phone have a natural sound and they are not disturbed by ambient noise anymore".
At the same time, bitrate and delay time meet the demands of state-of-the-art communication applications like Internet telephony or mobile video conferencing.
AAC-ELD is a more advanced version of MPEG AAC-LD, which is the de facto standard for high-fidelity audio compression in video conferencing systems.
Other technologies complete the Fraunhofer SDK for Communication Systems.
The new echo canceller eliminates acoustical echo commonly generated in hands-free communication.
Error concealment guarantees fluent conversations without interruptions even over low-bandwidth connections.
Additionally, the communication chain is automatically adapted to the network transmission capacity.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
